Effects of sunlight exposure on the human tooth enamel ESR spectra used for dose reconstruction

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-29

  Jiao, Ling ^a   Takada, Jun ^b   Endo, Satoru ^a   Tanaka, Kenichi ^a   Zhang, Wenyi ^a,d   Ivannikov, Alexander ^c   Hoshi, Masaharu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c MEDICAL RADIOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; ESR; Sunlight exposure; Tooth enamel

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENAMELS; GAMMA RAYS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SOLAR RADIATION; TOOTH ENAMEL;

DOSE RECONSTRUCTION; ESR SPECTRUM; EXPOSED TO; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; HUMAN TOOTH ENAMELS; PARALLEL COMPONENT; RADIATION-INDUCED; SUNLIGHT EXPOSURE; SUNNY DAYS; TEETH ENAMEL;

IRRADIATION;

EID: 33846885722     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.0616     Document Type: Article

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